Mohave County miner., 1887-04-09
pocToRING CIGARS.
Hos Tobacco IL Made Glossy anJ Sop
piled with n saizbie Color.

Hog Tobacco is Made Glossy ani Sop
piled with n saiabie Color.
A veteran in the tobacco trade, who
is the possessor Of over twenty patent,
for the sweating and coloring OF 20
bacco for cigar uses, said when asked b;
q reporter what was new regarding To-
bacco, that the most noteworthy feature
OF the trade just now is the change in
the home production from the old.
fashioned .'sced-leaf' to the "Hayana
scei y The grades thus produced arc
the Wilson hybrid. the thinner Spanish
and the Haines The growers Of Ohio.
Pennsylvania and New York are cult.
waiting these hybrid varieties largely,
and the result is proving most satisfac-
tory, the Havana favor remaining dis
tinctly throughout many successive
creps. A noticeable increase in the
cultivation Of tobacco is noticed in
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. and the
demand for cigars is increasing In q
marked degree over the whole country.
In speaking Of the experiments made to
color tobacco properly for use In cigars
''ro remove the gum and improve
the quality and take the swelling out of
tho leaf, il must be subjected to such a
degree OF heat rs will accomplish those
objects. The same is true il dark, uni
form and shining glossy colors are
wanted. You can rot make dark col
orsi and improve the quality of tobacco
at the same and under the same degree
of heat People often experiment a
long time and spend great deal of
money before they discover the secret
Of the process, and then again, II they
don't discover it at all, they simply cook
and scent up the tobacco without taking
out any Of the gum. The 'coiors' are
dead black. blue black or slate, and
Bien the tobIcc3 is usci and after il IL
o. q cfgaf II cracks and ptcls ok TI,is
IL bccauHe il has been cooked and all its
life and vitality has been DESTROYED.
There are things about i!avoring iobac-
co, too, that lots of people don't know
MITCH about. Some persons claim that
by blowing little flavor on the filters
that forty or fifty thousand cigars can be
favored for five or six dollars. This
would be only about ten or fifteen cents
per thousand, and is an irupossibility,
foI' by merely blowing the flavor on the
tobacco, only the parts of the tobacco
which gets the flavor are i'm
proved. aud when such cigars are
snlGkcd one puff Is scesly and the next IL
favored too much. 10 prepare good
favor requires such q knowledge OF
chemistry rs very few possess. II IL
regular business now to manufacture
cigar iiavors, and they arc put up in
five, ten and twenty-gallon kegs, and in
barrels Of forty and forty-fiyc gallons.
frst-class flavors can be bought for one
dollar a gallon.
'Anothcr interesting feature OF the
trade Is process for giving to cigars u
very rich. glossy and shining appear
arce. No matter how dead looking a
cigar may be, the process makes them
look as though they were made from
the richest oilicst, finest gummy to-
bacco, and no matter how old and dried
ont the cigars may be, the process en-
t.rely and perfectly renovates them.
Tile process is secret The material
used is as clear as water, yet IT gives TO
cigars much darker and richer ap-
parance. ii can not come off from
the cigar, has no taste and does not be-
come dull by age. The material costs
five dollars n gallon. The fact Is the
public Is continually demanding cigars
Of better quality, and the only way to
keep up with the times Is for manufac- |
turers TO improve their tobacco TO the |
fullest extent. The way to do this is TO |
throw aside all prejudice and old
fashioned notions. The looks of cigars
sells them. and if the wrappers are dark |
and shiny they will sell well every time: |
that is my experience. ~ y Mall and
Express.